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Ay volume- m LA GRANDE, TOIOIC OOCHTT, OREGON, MONDAY,' DECEMBER 14, 1908. NUMB EH 63. lil'COY IDEHTEFIED BY CEYTRUP CIRL ' .... UTTLE EVIDENCE AGAINST OTHERS IX ASSAULT CASE. McCoy, Muellenberg and Ryncnrson 4 Are Being Tried In Uio Circuit Court Totl ay Or " tr u p Girl Positively Wen iirie McCoy 3Ian, But la Not Cer lain of Uie Others Saloon Cases Witt Come Cp Next Wednesday Try Anderson First, la Program. i ' The circuit court was occupied this morning with the trial of McCoy, Mullemberg and Rynearson, charged with breaking Into a house and mis treating Mrs. Geytrup. The principal witness for the state was Haxel, the 10-year-old daughter of the woman, ald to have been assaulted. The child was only able to positively Identify Raymond McCoy. She said she was positive that he was the one who broke the window and allowed the other men to enter the room. When shown the other defendants the little girl stated that she conld not say whether they were at her mother's house or not. Neighbors were called to testify re garding what they knew about the case, but were unable to give any in formation which would In any way connect any of the defendants with the affair. At the time or going to press the matter Is being argued before the Jury. At 2:30 this afternoon the court In structed the Jury to bring in a verdict of not guilty so far as Vandermuelin and Rhynearson were concerned. (Continued on page 8.) T" 'o Special Session. ' , '-., Boise, Dec. 14. Governor Gooding declines to call a special session of the Idaho legislature to" act on the revised code. .The session was recommended iy the supreme court. BIG DIAMOND LOST STOLEN WHILE OWNER , WA8 CROSSING LINE. Stone Valued at- Fifteen HhmimiimI . Taken From Trunk at Custom House Saturday. . San Francisco." Dec. 14. Railroad detectives and secret service . agents are attempting to trace a $15,000 dia mond necklace believed to have been stolen In the United States custom house at the Canadian line last week. The stones wore the property of Mrs. A. M. McKIIlop, wlfo of the wholesale Importer of Vancouver, B. C. She dis covered her loss when the baggage was opened here yesterday. She has fre quently lost valuables In crossing the line. : : Attorney B. F. Wilson, of Union, Is transacting business today at the court house. ' BLIND HORSE CRUELLY - VIVISECTED BY STUDENTS MADDENED WITH FAIN , ANIMAL BREAKS AWAY. Arrests and Prosecution Will Follow Action of Veterinary Students for Alleged Cruelty Six Operations at One Time Without Anaesthetic. Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 14. Two hundred medical students . of the Grand Rapids Veterinary college are today facing serious charges by the local police court, because, It Is al leged, they performed six opera. ions simultaneously qn an old blind "-;. without giving . an anaesthetic. 3. beast became maddened with pain and broke away." The vivisection Involves Dr. H. L. Schuh, director of the college. I. .ft L S I III A WD All! ATTENDS MEETING OF HIS CREDITORS TODAY. Will Bo Called In Conference With Re ceiver Nledner to Throw Light on Matters Now Unsolvablo Has Not Been In Bank Today Went Over Claim Against His Estate This Morning More Assessment Money Received by Receiver. In obedience to an order Issued by Referee In Bankruptcy John S. Hod gin. J. W. Scrlber Is here from Port land and with the referee went over the claims against his estate this morning. This afternoon there was a meeting of his creditors and they ex amined Mr. Scrlber as a bankrupt. It is possible that Mrl Scrlber will re main In the city several days. The probabilities are that Scrlber will be called into the bank where he once was the cashier, to aid the re ceiver In untangling matters which are now hard to solve without Scrlber's aid. Though he has been la the city all day he made no effort to call on Mr. Niodner today,, but before he re turns to Portland It Is hoped by the re ceiver that Scrlber can be brought In to conference. Many items of puzzle to the receiver now, can be untangled very readily by Scrlber's personal knowledge of affairs. More Assessment Money. Eight hundred and twenty-five dol lars have been received by Walter Niedner as part payment on the 100 per cent assessment levied on stock holders. This sum came from Martha A. and Lucy E. Sinclair of Racine, Vis. who own 16 and 17 shares, re aoHctivcI;". ' " " v F. M. Byrklt, the Red Ooka capital ist, returned to his Iowa home this morning after a short visit here. j Bargains in Ready-made Goods Prices Cut in Two. Last of the seasons ready made goods must be dosed out regard of cost. Our stock is being reduc ed very rapidly ladles9 Suits We have only a few ladles' Suits left to be closed out at ridiculously low prices. ' 1 (15 black Serge goes at. . : . . .$4.93 1 $12.50 black Serge goes at . . . .$2.35 1 $25.00 black Cheviot goes at ..$9.85 1 $18.50 black Cheviot goes at ..$9.95 1 $47.50 brown stripe goes at .'.$28.85 Millinery All ladles Trimmed Hats Half Price. $10.00 Hats, to close, at $5.00 $8.50 Hats, to close, at $4.25 $4.50 Hats, to close, at $3.25 $4.00 Hats, to close, at $2.00 $2.00 Hats, to close, at $1-00 Ladies' Wafsls $8.50 wool and silk Waist, reduced to .. $8.50 all-wool and silk Waist, re duced to $2-95 Wash Waists, lot 1, reduced to $3c Wash Waists, lot reduced to ....$1.95 Misses' Coals , Our stock' of Misses' Coats la very large and wo havo decided to make prices that will move them. Lot 1 Children's Coats, values to $3.50, at ,.4.... .....$1.00 Lot 2 Misses' Coats, values to $6.50, ages to 14 years ......$2.85 Lot 3 Misses' Coats, values to $8.50, ages to 14 years $4.85 ladies' Skirts You know our reputation on the famous "Beverley Skirts." To buy these at the prices we are offering them Is surely an Inducement. Skirts, In value to $5.00, to close $1.95 Skirts, In value to $8.50, to close $4.85 Skirts, In value to $12.50, to close $7.85 at I adzes' Coats Lot T Ladies' Coats, values to $10.0C $250 Lot 2 Ij. dies' Coata, values to $15.00 $185 Thia is a reminder. If you want a coat, decide quickly. 7 WE t La Grande, Oregon. SPECIAL MESSAGE SEIIT CONGRESS ROOSEVELT SUGGESTS SOME LENIENCY FOR REPENTERS. All Evidence Thua Far Taken In the Brownsville Affair la Sent to Con grews In Special Messages-Says Investigation Has Established t!u Foot That the Negroea Did the Shooting Fultou Suld to Have Been Incensed at President Roosevelt. Washington, Dec. 14. President Roosevelt today sent to congress a special ' ' message regarding the Brownsville affair, including all evi dence. He suggests the reinstatement of soldiers who faithfully tell what happened In the riot, and give aid In fixing the responsibility and show they are not Implicated. The message says: "I enclose the re port of Investigations by Herbert J. Brown, employed by the war depart ment with Captain Baldwin In the In vestigation of the Brownsville affair. The report enables us to fix some of the criminal, murderous shooting and establish the fact that the colored sol diers did the shooting. The Investiga tion has gone far enough to enable u to determine all the facts. There Is no Question but practically every man ot companies C and D had knowledge of the shooting done by the soldiers of Co. B. The concealment of this know! edge Is a grave offense, aggravated by their testifying before the senate com mfttee that they Were Ignorant of what they must have known. I feel the guilt of those who shielded the perpe trators of the crimen, although serious, was in part due to unwUe, Improper attitude of the others, and that some allowance should be made." . 1 Fultoi-4)ldn't Lecture. iSenator C. W. Fulton Is considera bly worked up because Roosevelt greet ed Governor Chamberlain as "senator-to-be" here last week. It Is stated that Fulton made some progress In .. hhj. post-card vote getting system, by tell ing bregonians that both President Roosevelt and President-elect Tafl wanted blm elected. The day follow- ' Ing the greeting Fulton started for the White House, intimating he wou.ld give the president a lecture, - He emerged from the White House bearing the, ap pearance of a, rnai who had. been lec- To "Explore Men.", , New York, Dec. 14. Wm. H. Taft signalized his visit to this city by'the definite announcement that he Intend ed to go to the Panama canal zoiih late In January, to "explore lies." This purpose has been encouraged by the attitude of Roosevelt since the recent campaign accusations against the ad ministration commenced. Taft intimated thnt Frank Kellogg, the trust buster, will be the attorney general. Adjourn for Holiday Congress decided this afternoon tc adjourn December 19 until January 4. Accident Deaths Many. Washington, Dec. 14. Between 30,- 000 and 35,000 workmen were killed during one. year by accidents through out the United States according to the report of the bureau of labor. The report covers the years of 1900 to 1906 and shows than in more than a mil lion deaths of males, more than nine per cent were due to accidents. DISCUSS CONSERVATION. Oregon Commission Meets In Port land Webster Throws CYld Water. Portland. Dec. 14. The Oregon Conservation ' commission r"rt this morning to discuss the proposed leg islation for the regu'at'on of water rights of the state Judge L. R. Web ster threw a bombshell into the midst of the administration by attacking the fundamental principle upon which It is proposed to base such legislation, declaring no law can legally be enact ed and enforced which is based upon the proposition that the state owns and controls streams within its bor? ders. DESERTED HIS WIFE BOSTON STORE MANAGER " WILL RETURN PEACEFULLY, Following II In Arret Saturday Ho An Roimcr fid WUl. Not i'll.t Exuu dltlon. . ' Seattle, Dec. 14. William T. Bruce, department manager of the Boston store of Chicago, was arrested here Saturday night In company with Mrs. C. 'des, widow of Sheriff Brad '"i ,..., II county, Illinois, charged with wife desertion. He declared to day he would return to Chicago peace fully. It la said that $9000 was found in his possession and It will not be given to attorneys to fight extradition. The couple had Intended to Invest the money In business at Seattle. - The woman went to the Butler ho tel, where It is said she Is undecided what to do. Bruce says he Informed his wife In Chicago that he was going to Seattle. She replied that she would have him arrested and brought back. . JOEL ROBISON DIES AT SALEM, AG ED 98 WILL BE BROUGHT TO LA GRANDE FOR BURIAL. I Ptoneor That Touches Century Mark Succumbs Yesterday Demise Oc curred at Salem Was for Many Yearn a Resident of Union County An Early Pioneer. ' ' Word reached this city thla morn ing making known the fact that Joel Robinson, ,,-fotp many-years a resident of thla city, died yesterday at Salem. The deceased has Ijeen a resident of Salem tot th past several years,. Had he lived until the 23d of this month, he would have been 98 years of age. The funeral will b held tomorrow af ternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the hom of his daughter, Mrs. G. W. Robinson, Rev. C. Ek Deal officiating' The In terment will take place, ttt th Masonic cemetery. The. deceased was one Of the early pioneers of this valley and for many years resided' In this city, where he was for some time one of the leading sheepmen of this county. ;. - " Hearing Night Rider Cases. Union City, Tenn., Dec. 14. The first court hearing Of the night rider cases wherein 134 men are Indicted -W ft.... . - - and other outrages, began this after noon in the United States circuit court. Western Paeirii; Soon Ready. Los Angeles, Dec. 14. Through trains will be running between Salt Lako ahd San Francisco over the Western Pacific road by July of next year, said James A, Blair, the New York banker, who helped finance a. number of Gould project. . " Ik WHIP IP O. R. & N. COMPANY. The Dalk Citizens Will Drive Com- pany Into Line at Once. The Dalles, Dec. 14. Local mer chants will swing the big stick over the O. R. & N. ocmpany, by threaten ing to send all the business from the east over the North. Bank road uness the company complies with their agreement t commence work Imme diately on u $1,000,000 fill in Mill Creek gulch. When the citizens agreed to con struct a $75,000 hotel on Second and Union streets, the O. R. A N. agreed to make the fill and construct a fine depot In the Immediate vicinity of the hotel. It was further stipulated that the company begin to fill when the money was raised for the hotel. The contract for the hotel was let. but the work on the fill waa not started. If the com pany had not made the promise the hotel w;iuld have been built in an other aprt of town. NATIONAL CIVIC column oil JOHN MITCHELL PLEADS :J FOR TRADE AGREEMENTS. i Muny Notable Gather In New York for National ClvkJ Federation Con vention Taft to Give Principal Ad drewa Tomorrow Night Mitchell Is Among Prominent Speakers Today Conference Before Striken for Ad justnient of Differences. New York. Dec. i 4. With Taff' and his wife expected as the guests of honor, Gompers, John Mitchell, An drew Carnegie, President Eliot of Har vard, Archbishop Ireland, famous cap italists and leaders In various lines, on the program, the National Civic Fed- , eratlon today opened Its annual meet- ' Ing the Astor hotel. The general theme of the two days will be a pro motion of friendly relations between employers and employees. Taft will make the principal address tomorrow night, when he will dollver his report as chairman of the Federation's Pub- Employes' Welfare committee. John Mitchell said. In part: "It is a waste of time tc deplore the passing of the Individual relationship between employer and workman which existed under the old order of produc tions. The organization of labor and the combination of capital Is the nat ural and' logical sequence of cruel, wasteful and ruinous competition. Whether for weal or for woe, the old system has gone forever, and the new alignments, with all their latent pos sibilities ot good and evil, are here to stay . '. ; i ;,'"- . f Favors Trade Agreement. "The National Civic Federation, in keeping with the spirit of the times, has declared, "That at all times repre- sentatives of empfoyifi and-workw organized,' should confer for, the ad justment of differences or dispute before an actual strike Is reached, and thus avoid or minimize the. number of strikes or lockouts; that mutual agree ments as to the conditions under'whlch labor shall be performed should bs encouraged end. that, when wag agreement" at e nuidef the terms ttyre-: of should be adhered to faithfully both in letter and uplrlt, by. both par1 "From the foregoing 'It wilt be seen that the national, "fClvlfi. federation, i; when organUed, do-clarecl H favdr ot the trade agreement as a means of ' maintaining peace between workmen"; anderaployers, and.lt Is the promotion Of this central luea - lim . ; .U.ili agreement department Js dovpted. v- "The trade agreement Is not ff spec ulative theoretical Idea; It has been in. operation' In " some1 Industries tnatjjr years; Indeed, It is the accepted and' permanent method by which wages and conditions of employment are d- termined In many of Che,, most Import ant Industries, of our country, atid lt practicability is no longer Questioned by workmen or employers whj,. have observed and expuloneed its fiumji Influences and Its benefit results. ""The trade flgHnit Is the unmU-.- (UtAbt recognition (if tb n.pAiid- enoe pf Ittfror' arid capital; ft is th concrete xpreftrfVit ' co-operative ef fort between these tti dominant fac tors in our Industrial life. It will not, of course, prevent all strike, obviate all lockouts, but 'in the past It has r duced and in the future It will reduce to a great extent the number of Indus trial disputes and minimize their Intensity." Bank Examiner In Bad Mess. Chicago, Dec. 14. C'assius C. Jones, chief state bank examiner, assigned to t.'ook county, has suddenly resigned rather than face the scandal which) his superiors say will be stirred up If letters written him by city bank offi cials are made public. The charge Is that Jones Is privately employed bjr" these banks as examiner, while doing th sain dttty fr th.j utate. This is contrary to the banking act. The al leged letter shows Jones received fa vors from railroads in the shape of pusses. K 1:' h r ?
